No domain yet?
We buy it together, in your name and on your card, inside your own account, at cost: $10.46 a year for a .com as of September 27, 2026. I never register a customer’s domain in my name.
THE HANDOFF · DAY 7
Your website, in your name.
Your part takes about ten minutes on launch day: one invite out, and one account in your name. I do everything else, and your email is never touched. Here is every step, with a picture of each.
- Your partAbout 10 minutes, on launch day
- Hosting$0 a month, your own account
- Your emailNever touched
YOUR ADDRESSyourbusiness.comStays where it is, in your name
YOUR NEW WEBSITEYour own hosting accountFree. Your email, your password.
YOUR EMAILExactly as it is todaySame inbox, same provider
SEE EVERY STEP
Four steps. Two are yours.
- Day 1The start date we agreed
- Days 1–6I build, you review
- Day 7The four steps below
- 30 days afterFixes on anything I built
01
Send me one limited invite
From the company that holds your domain, like GoDaddy or Namecheap. It lets me change your website settings and nothing else. No password, no card, no transfer.
Your exact clicks, for your company ↓02
I change two settings, and only two
First I save a copy of every setting, which is your undo button. Then www points to your new site and your bare address forwards to it. Your email settings stay exactly as they are.
03
Take the keys to your hosting
The account that runs your site is in your name, on your email, and you choose the password. It costs $0 a month. Once you are in, I remove my access to it.
04
Your site is live, and it is yours
Your new site shows on your own address with the padlock. You get a one-page sheet of where everything lives and a copy of every file. I remove my access to your domain too.
Simplified pictures. Your screens will look a little different, but the choices are the same.
WHAT YOU ARE HOLDING AT THE END
- Your site live on your own address, with the padlock
- The login to your hosting account
- A copy of every file
- A one-page sheet of where everything lives
- 30 days of fixes on anything I built
STEP 01, FOR YOUR DOMAIN
Where is your domain?
Never choose transfer, purchase or billing permissions. I do not need them, and a request for them is not from me.
WHAT I NEVER TOUCH
Your email keeps working.
Email runs on separate settings from your website. I change the two that point at the website and leave every other one exactly where it is.
- Your email settingsThe records marked MX, which decide where your mail goes
- Your verification settingsThe TXT records Google, Microsoft and your email provider rely on
- Your nameserversYour domain stays managed where it is managed today
- Your billingNo card, no purchase, no transfer permissions
BEFORE I CHANGE ANYTHING
I check where your email is delivered, where your domain’s settings actually live, and when your domain renews. If any of the three looks risky, I stop and talk to you before touching a thing.
WHAT YOU PAY AFTER LAUNCH
One price. Then nothing to us.
| The build, from Novyx | $500 once, booking and payments included. Nothing monthly. |
|---|---|
| Website hosting | $0 a month on your own free account. The padlock renews itself. |
| Contact form emails | $0, free up to 100 a day, on an account in your name. |
| Your domain | What you pay now. About $10–$23 a year for a .com, paid to your registrar, not to me. |
| Your email | Unchanged. Whatever you pay for it today. |
.com renewal list prices checked September 27, 2026: Cloudflare $10.46 (sold at cost; the .com wholesale price rises Nov 1, 2026), Namecheap $18.48 (plus a $0.20 ICANN fee), GoDaddy $22.99.
Domain inside a website builder?
Keep the domain and cancel the builder plan once the new site is live. We check first whether your email comes with that plan, so nothing you rely on gets canceled by accident.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Questions people ask
Do I need to know anything technical?
No. Your part is sending one invite from the company that holds your domain, and signing in to a hosting account in your name to set your own password. I do the rest and tell you when it is done.
Will my website go down during the switch?
No. Your old site keeps showing until the change reaches each visitor. That is usually within the hour and can take up to 48 hours on some networks. During that window a visitor sees either the old site or the new one, and both work.
Will my email stop working?
No. Email runs on its own settings, which I never change. Before I touch anything I check where your email is delivered, and if your email and your old website share a server I stop and talk to you first.
What happens if we stop working together?
Nothing changes. The website lives in your own account and does not depend on me or on any Novyx account to keep running.
Can someone else edit the site later?
Yes. It is plain web files, not a locked website builder, and you get a copy of every file. Any web developer can pick it up.
Can I cancel my old website plan?
Yes, once the new site is live. Keep the domain itself. And check with me first: some plans bundle your email, and canceling the plan would cancel the email with it. I will tell you which yours is.
WHO YOU DEAL WITH
Me, start to finish.
I build the site, I do the handoff, and I answer the phone. If anything on this page is unclear, call before you decide. Ten minutes is plenty.
Call Ricky: 615-945-4366Want this on paper?
Printable guides, with the same pictures, that you can forward to whoever handles your domain.